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Welcome to Sooner ...

Sooner is located in Grady County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sooner, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Sooner is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sooner lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Sooner ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sooner.

  • Mustang
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Chickasha
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Newcastle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Blanchard
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Tuttle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Union City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Minco
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Ninnekah
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • East Ninnekah
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • East Ninnekah is located in Grady County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ninnekah
  • Dibble
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sooner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sooner.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sooner. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sooner.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sooner. See our Newspapers Page for Sooner.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sooner ...

Looking for more information about Sooner? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sooner, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sooner.

Adding Sooner to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sooner in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Sooner was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Sooner post office opened in 1913. The Sooner post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sooner.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Grady, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sooner - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/